GENERATE POWER AT SETUP

We all want more power and distance.Whether you hit the ball 200 or 300 yards, adding an extra 10-15 yards to your driver gives any player confidence and a decisive advantage over the competition.  Over the years as I have taught online golf lessons, many golfers have emailed me consistently with a breakdown of distance per club.They also provide where they would like to get to; usually 10-15 yards increase off the tee and from the fairway w/ their irons. The following tip is suggested to players who want an easy way to create extra distance off the tee.  I don’t recommend this set-up from the fairway or around the green, but will give you and extra 10-15 yards off the tee. The is a simple breakdown including different ways that power and distance is generated in our golf swing (I want you to understand what generates power):

• Solid Ball Contact:  Not on heel or toe.
• Hand rotation through the impact zone.
• Weight shift through the ball.
• Follow-Through position:  This is more of a check point.Club face up at follow- through = less power.  Club face down at follow-through = more power.

Problem Lack of distance off the tee. Solution I am going to teach you a modified set-up that will allow for maximum power generation.Typically golfers that have a slight draw generate more distance than players that hit a fade, so this set-up will put you in a position to hit a draw.This is also true for golfers on the PGA tour.  The following, are steps to modify your set-up in order to allow for maximum distance generation:

• Go through your normal set-up routine as we teach in the DVD.And don’t foget to bend at the hips and not the stomach.
• Close your stance:  Move your trailing foot back so that the toes are parallel to the middle of your leading foot.
• Put a little more weight on your front foot: Instead of 50/50 you will have 60% on your leading leg and 40% of your weight on your trailing leg.Essentially you will almost be leaning a little forward at set-up.
• Knee bend remains the same and take your normal swing, focusing on really shifting your weight and rotating your hands through the impact zone.

These modifications place your body in a more powerful position at set-up. Again only implement this set-up off the tee.You can try it with your irons on the practice range, and if you see amazing results then play with it on the course, and whatever you do, don’t change your entire set-up for your irons.This tip is simply an adjustment to add extra distance off the tee. To learn more golf instruction and how to improve your golf swing check out my site.

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All golfers should know about the seven ball flight problem areas that most golfers face.Now once a golfer encounters one of these problems, it is usually a recurring theme. Everyone gets in a little “rut” with their golf swing sometimes.Some are worse than others, and some last for longer time periods.When it does happen, we all wonder where the “perfect swing” that we had just a few weeks ago went.

When we begin to comprehend these seven swing faults, it becomes much easier to get our swing back when we get into one of these “ruts” with our swing.These are the seven different problems most golfers face (hitting right-handed)

1.    Fades (the ball starts straight and then curves right)
2.    Hooking (the ball starts straight and then curves left)
3.    Pushing (the ball goes straight right)
4.    Pulls (the ball goes straight left)
5.    Fat Shots (the club digs into ground before making contact with the ball)
6.    Thin Shots or Topping (the club makes contact with the top of the ball – making the ball fly very low)
7.    Lack of Distance (ball doesn’t seem to go very far)

Now you may be the rare exception that looks at this list and says “I don’t have any of these problems.”  However, every golfer – no matter what level – is going to have one of these problems with their swing at some point.And generally, they pop up far more than we care to admit.Some golfers spend the entiter season chasing down and fixing various struggles that have “popped up” in their swing.

Knowing these problem areas is only the start of the process.  The real secret is identifying which problem you have and how to fix it.  I found a set of three free golf instruction videos you can check out that address some of these swing issues. The instruction in these videos will show you how to learn the  golf swing quickly and easily, its unigue because they take evaluations of real student golf swings so that you can see how easy these corrections can be identified and corrected.